GitHub's ModernBERT Classifier Catches Leaked Passwords Every Two Seconds

GitHub's new ModernBERT-based classifier evaluates candidate secrets in under 2ms, potentially doubling the number of leaked credentials blocked before entering repository history.

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Oct 8, 2026, 5:50 PM

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GitHub's new ModernBERT-based classifier evaluates candidate secrets in under 2ms, potentially doubling the number of leaked credentials blocked before entering repository history.

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